I'm a maniacal perfectionist.

Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family's idea of you, is something you can't buy.

Who are these bloggers? They're not trained editors at Vogue magazine. There are bloggers writing recipes that aren't tested that aren't necessarily very good, or are copies of what really good editors have created and done. Bloggers create a kind of a popularity but they are not the experts. We have to understand that.

When I was incarcerated at Alderson in West Virginia for a five-month term, they had a ceramics class.

I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

I want to focus on my salad.